No one expected it, screams echoed throughout the town, they were swallowed by despair. Rain poured down and so as their tears, trembled as they feel fear. Questioning themselves, one could have avoided it, but no one did. They're stuck in the place they used to enjoy a few moments ago.
The massive development of technology lead to the creation of Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role Play Game, known as VRMMORPG. The next generation of gaming, which uses a device that sends signal to your brain, creating an illusionary world.
Divine Online, took a step in the world of VRMMO, in the span of 3 months of beta test, the game gained massive popularity and reached 300,000 pre registration, with it's 10,000 beta players, the close beta ended and the official release approached.
One of the blessed 10,000 beta players. Haruto embarks on a new journey. As he prepared to start a new chapter in his life, he logged in, and the game finally begun.
As he opened his eyes, a familiar sight he saw. It's world is still beautiful as it was on beta. Continued to admired the scenery while players started to logged in one by one. It took no time for the beginners town to be filled with different kinds of people.
Time passed, and it's still crowded, however, players began to start their own fantasy journey one by one, and so did Haruto. Without the need to buy something and stick with the default attire and equipments, he went to the battle ground immediately, fighting beginner monster such as wolves, slimes and boars.
He killed one monster to another, he grinded and grinded one place to another, until he reached the forest section. The forest is much further than the normal hunting ground. On that note, the monsters that spawns in the area are completely different. The further you are from the beginner town, the stronger the variation of monster are.
On his way, searching for a prey, he heard a scream. Instinctively, he ran as fast as he could and reached the place where the scream originated.
There, he saw an elf, struggling to fight a monster, this time it's a fungi bear. A bear which is controlled by some kind of fungi in the forest. The elf fought back, yet none of it's attacks were effective against it. During the beta test, fungi monsters are known as one of the most annoying monster to deal with because of its unique characteristics. {Numb} The fungi can't feel anything with the body they took over. Without hesitation, they attack players without the need to retreat, making it hard for new players. However, you can use that characteristics of it to your advantage.
Haruto sneaked in and sliced it's legs, the bear without noticing that it's legs has been cut off, fell down, Haruto then stabbed it's head to the ground making the fungi useless having a body that can't move.
Seeing how Haruto defeated the monster so quickly and easily, the elf was amazed at how he executed it so perfectly. Despite having so many questions running through her head, she immediately thanked him for saving her.
Haruto looked at her and chuckled. "Did you get in too much in your character as an elf that you wanted to see the forest so bad?"
She then replied and awkwardly laugh, "I got a bit lost after chasing a boar that ran here".
"Thank you for saving me though, that was quite dangerous, my name's Akari, nice to meet ya".
"Haruto here, nice to meet you as well".
In this day and time, Haruto didn't expected, that this very simple encounter, would completely change the course of his life forever in many ways than one.
During this unexpected encounter, a light suddenly emerged, engulfing both of them. They were forcefully teleported back to the beginner's town, not just them, but every single players.
Confused, they waited, started to gather information from each other as to why it happened.
"Is this intentional or a bug?" Akari wondered.
A minute passed after they were teleported, the sky suddenly turned red and a crack appeared along with it. There, a demon like creature came out of it, giving ominous feeling to the players, some trembled from fear.
"Players! Heed my call, I, the game master shall explain the rules of the game now.".
"Game master? That thing?" Doubts started to pierced their heads, yet no one questioned him.
"While playing in a new world is fun and enjoyable, nothing can beat the excitement of having to risk something in the line" the game master smiled.
"What's he talking about? Has he gone mad?"
During this time, with a loud voice, a guy complained without hesitation. "This situation is already wierd as it is!, I ain't here for your bullshit!, get this over with!".
The game master caught his attention, "unpleasant, unpleasant I say" pointed it's finger at him. In a split second, the guy was beheaded. Their eyes couldn't believe what they just saw, not by the fact that the game master killed him, but the fact that blood came out of its beheaded body instead of disappearing.
Due to this sudden event, all of them panicked, ran, only to know, the exit in the beginner's town is no longer there.
"This has become quite a problem, stop and kneel". All of them seemed to stop and kneeled down by the order of the GM.
"I ain't done explaining yet, if you want to survive then shut your mouths off, I do not wish for any of you to interrupt me".
"This world is ruled by a demon king, all of you will be heroes that will save this land, that is if you manage to do it" with an unpleasant laugh he said.
"That is all....."
The so called game master then turned his back and on its way back to the crack, but he seemingly stopped, moments later he then turned his head and said "I forgot, take note of this, once you die in here, the device will burn your brains to crisp".
With a a creepy laugh he continued, "Yes, that means you'll die in reality by the time you die in here, good luck, may you enjoy your time in here".
And so he went to the crack, the world turned normal and the cracked closed.
One look at the players faces says it all.
No one expected it, screams echoed throughout the town, they were swallowed by despair. Rain poured down and so as their tears, trembled as they feel fear. Questioning themselves, one could have avoided it, but no one did. They're stuck in the place they used to enjoy a few moments ago.
[ Monster Archive ]
[ Name: Fungi
Abilities: {Control}, {Numb}
It is a monster that has the ability to control monster and animals as it's host. However if the {Control} fails, it becomes a nutrient for it's host. It can use the abilities of it's host and it doesn't feel any pain at all. ]